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3rd Annual “Kansas Midget Klassic” And “The Ron Hughes JR. Memorial” Lap Sponsorship Available
Arvada, CO. - The 3rd Annual “Kansas Midget Klassic” is set for July 22nd and 23rd at the beautiful 3/8 clay Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, Kansas. This year’s race will offer $25,000 in Prize money with the winner taking home $2,000 each night.
In honor of Ron Hughes, JR., the winner of the Saturday Night Feature race at the 3rd Annual “Kansas Midget Klassic” will receive The Ron Hughes Jr. Memorial Award.
The American Independent Midget Series (AIMS) will be the primary sanctioning body with co-sanctioning from the Southern Midget Racing Series (SMRS) and the Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association (RMMRA).
Mitch Miller founder and President for AIMS (American Independent Midget Series) will be giving fans and business’s a chance to get involved with Saturday night’s midget event by sponsoring a Lap in the 30-lap Feature race in Honor of Ron Hughes, Jr. Each lap will be $25.00 minimum for each of the 30-laps in the midget feature event on Saturday July 22.
Hughes Jr. was a five time Texas Outlaw Midget Champion, winning the title in 1982, 83, 84 and again in 88, 89 after recovering from serious injuries, suffered in a USAC Midget race in Denver, CO. in 1984.
Hughes Jr., although paralyzed by the crash in Denver from the waist down, returned to race again using hand controls and amazingly continued to win races. Ron Hughes Sr., a former Midget racer and long time car owner estimates Ron Jr. won close to 100 Feature races, including a streak of 17 in a row at Big H Speedway in Houston, TX. Ron Jr. also won Feature events before and after his injuries with the MARA Midgets in Illinois.
Ron Jr. started in the Midgets at the age of 19 in 1981 and lost his life in a crash at Devils Bowl Speedway in March of 1990.
Make plans now to be part of the Kansas Midget Klassic on Saturday July 22 in Honor of Ron Hughes, Jr. If you would like to Sponsor one or more of the 30 Laps in the Midget Feature event, please contact Mitch Miller or Don Holbrook.
You can contact Mitch Miller (AIMS/President) after 7:00 p.m. at 303-427-6025 or Don Holbrook (AIMS/Media Relations) at 303-514-1387. Mailing address for Lap Sponsors will be to Mitch Miller/AIMS, 7912 Fenton Street, Arvada, Colorado 80003. Make checks payable to AIMS.
You can e-mail Marty Boyer at mort2432@yahoo.com or Don Holbrook at racedon71@comcast.net to Sponsor a lap.
Kansas Midget Klassic Lap Sponsors
1. jdub2designs (Joey McCarthy)
2. BMI Racing (Dodge City, CO.)
3. United Rebel Sprint Series/Rick Salem (Oberlin, KS.)
4. G.T. Miller Photos - (Grand Prairie,TX)
5. Sandy Campbell (Indianapolis, IN.)
6. G.T. Miller Photos - (Grand Prairie,TX)
7. G.T. Miller Photos - (Grand Prairie,TX)
8. G.T. Miller Photos - (Grand Prairie,TX)
9. SMRS (John Stewart)
10. BMI Racing (Dodge City, CO.)
11. Two Hoods Racing (Concordia, KS)
12. Bigwestracing.com (Denver, CO.)
13. Mitch Miller (AIMS)
14. Bill & Ruby Hill - (Little Rock, Arkansas)
15. Graphix’s By Salem Custom T-Shirts/Rick Salem (Oberlin, KS.)
16. Boysen Loesch & Sil Ter-Her Ford (bloesch@peopleford.com)
17. Joe Starr Photo's (Denver, CO.)
18. Tri-Cam Machine & Richie Dewell ( Fowler, KS)
19. Tri-Cam Machine & Richie Dewell ( Fowler, KS)
20. United Rebel Sprint Series/Rick Salem (Oberlin, KS.)
21. Cottonwood Creek Construction/Roy Payne 1985 TOMARA Champion (Midlothian, Texas)
22. Cottonwood Creek Construction/Roy Payne 1985 TOMARA Champion (Midlothian, Texas)
23. Cottonwood Creek Construction/Roy Payne 1985 TOMARA Champion (Midlothian, Texas)
24. Cottonwood Creek Construction/Roy Payne 1985 TOMARA Champion (Midlothian, Texas)
25. Cottonwood Creek Construction/Roy Payne 1985 TOMARA Champion (Midlothian, Texas)
26. Tri-Cam Machine & Richie Dewell ( Fowler, KS)
27. Race Pro Collector Cards (Denver, CO.)
28. Graphix’s By Salem Custom T-Shirts/Rick Salem (Oberlin, KS.)
29. Chris Holbrook (Wheat Ridge, CO.)
30. jdub2designs (Joey McCarthy)
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